Literature from the developed world suggests that poor housing conditions and housing environments contribute to poor mental health outcomes, although research results are mixed. This study investigates the relationship between housing conditions and the socio-emotional health of orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) in South Africa. The results of the study are mainly inconclusive, although it...

Informal settlement which sometimes used as synonym of slum, has over the years led to various social problems such prostitution and many others. Base on this, paper examined informal teenage in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. Two objectives were raised guide study. The study area is Yenagoa capital city survey design, also adopted primary secondary sources. 150 respondents constituted population size ...

Kibera (edge region within the Nairobi) is the biggest informal settlement in Kenya, and one of the biggest in Africa. The population estimates vary between 170,000 and 1 million and are highly debatable. What is certain is that the area is large (roughly 2.5 km2), host at least hundreds of thousands people, is informal and self-organized, stricken by poverty, disease, population increase, envi...

In recent years, “Bottom-up Planning Approach” has been widely accepted and expanded from planning theorists. Citizen participation becomes more important in decision-making in informal settlements. Many of previous projects and strategies due to ignorance of citizen participation, have been failed facing with informal settlements and in some cases lead physical expansion of these neighbourhood...

OBJECTIVE To quantify women's satisfaction with delivery care in informal settlements of Nairobi, Kenya, and to determine characteristics of women and delivery care associated with satisfaction. DESIGN Household survey data analysis of 1266 women who delivered in health facilities in 2004 or 2005. SETTING Two densely populated informal settlements 7 and 12 km from Nairobi's center, where re...